Australian Open: Jamie Murray shows brother Andy the way by securing place in doubles final

09:59, 28 Jan 2016

Updated 10:00, 28 Jan 2016

ByScotland Now

JAMIE Murray and his partner Bruno Soares beat French pair Adrian Mannarino and Lucas Pouille 6-3 6-1 to reach the doubles final in Melbourne.

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Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares celebrate a point in their semi final win against Adrian Mannarino and Lucas Pouille

JAMIE Murray showed his brother Andy the way to go as he secured his place in a third consecutive grand slam final.

The Scot and his partner Bruno Soares beat French pair Adrian Mannarino and Lucas Pouille to reach the doubles final at the Australian Open.

Murray lost at the last hurdle with former partner John Peers at both Wimbledon and the US Open last year, but now has the chance to go one step further as he and Soares sealed a 6-3 6-1 victory.

They will now face either Canada's Daniel Nestor and Czech Radek Stepanek or Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas and Spaniard Marcel Granollers, with the other semi-final playing later on Thursday.

Murray linked up with Brazilian Soares after splitting with Peers at the end of last season and the duo have enjoyed an excellent start together, winning their first title in Sydney earlier this month and now earning the chance to clinch a second in Melbourne.

"I'm starting to get the hang of this game I think," Murray said.

"I've been lucky I've had a great partner in the last few years in John Peers and now I'm starting a new journey here with Bruno.

"It's one more match, hopefully we can get over the final hurdle."

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Jamie Murray of Great Britain plays a backhand in his doubles semi finals match

Murray could be joined in the final of the first major tournament of the year, as brother Andy takes on Canada's Milos Raonic in the men's singles semi-finals on Friday.

But there was a dampener on Britain's celebrations as Johanna Konta was defeated on straight sets against German Angelique Kerber in the women's singles semi-finals.

The tournament has been a great success for Britain, as the nation boasted three players in the semi-finals of three separate events at a grand slam for the first tine since 1935.

"Who'd have thought it? Someone must be doing something right back in the UK," Jamie Murray said.

"Andy as been doing amazing things for a long time and what Jo has done this week has been quite unbelievable.

"Who'd have thought three British players would be in a grand slam semi-final? It's a pretty amazing thought."

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Jamie Murray of Great Britain plays a backhand

Mannarino and Pouille had previously knocked out top seeds Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau - the pair who beat Murray and Peers in last year's Wimbledon final - but they were outclassed on Rod Laver Arena.

Soares had to save two break points on his serve early on but that was as much as the French pair could muster as Murray and Soares broke to love at 3-2 and comfortably served out the set.

The second set was even more straight-forward as Murray and Soares clinched three breaks to lead 5-1 before confirming their victory in 56 minutes.